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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
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An eastward bound Grand Trunk freight
TRAM from Chicago ran into number of
cows lying on the track near the railroad
station at Baden, Ont The locomotive was
thrown from the track and badly wrecked,
and seven or eight cars were broken into
pieces. A brakeman was killed.
Capt. Barr of the Thistle says she can run
away from the Mayfower.
Cholera is increasing in the island of Sicily,
and business is suspended in consequence.
The Spanish government is to abolish Cuban
export duties on sugar, molasses and spirits.
Late dispatches from the Governor of the
Congo Free State lead to the belief that Stan
ley's expedition is progressing favorably.
The Canadian knights of Labor favor
secession from the United States general as
sembly.
Three hundred and fifty houses were burned
at Svenzjany, Russia; 1000 persons are
thereby rendered homeless.
The steamer Mahreatta has foundered off
Hoogly point; many pilgrims supposed to be
drowned.
A bogus employment agent at Montreal,
Que, has victimized large number of men
and girls by advertising for between 200 and
300 employees for silk mill at Lewiston, Me-,
and making the applicants deposit 81 as guar
antee of good faith. He has since skipped,
without even paying his hotel bill There is
no silk mill in Lewiston.
Portions of Western Nova Scotia have been
without rain for many weeks, and the coun-
try is parched and dry Tremendous forest
fires are reported in sections of Shelburne
and Yarmouth, and only by the greatest ex-
ertions of the inhabitants have many build
ings been saved.
There is report that the Bulgarians are
about to proclaim their Independence.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29

From the beginning of his life, or at
least very soon after his introduction to
the watery world, the crab is addicted ia
warfare, and though by no means averse
to obtaining food without fighting, is al
ways ready for a fray The younger
members of the race, after being them
selves in the mud near the waters edge,
and thus hid, await the species of land
crab known to fame as fddlers, who
periodically go down to the water to
drink, and it is rarely the case that one
of his humble cousins fails to fall vic.
tim to the bold bGshwacker's appetite as
he sallies out from his hiding Place with
the feTocity of a tiger. Internecine war.
fare is also common, since the crabs
cannibalistic propensities are very strong
and his pugnacity well developed; but,
unless there is great disproporton in the
size of the antagonists, these combats are
rarely fatal, though they may cost the
duellists limb or two. .-Ne,o OrleaV
Times Democrat
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
new ENGLAND NEWS.

The Volunteer made her trial trip in Bos-
ton harbor on Friday, 22nd, and proved
herself satisfactory in both light and strong
winds and is considered fully equal to the,
Nayflower
Bennington, VT, is to have electric lights
Jennie Collins, the friend and champion of
the poor workingwomen, died at Brookline,
Mass, on the 22nd inst. She will be sincerely
mourned by many.
Joseph E. Stoddard of Abingdon, Mass,
has been fined 500 and costs for fatally over
driving horse.
Poverty caused the return home Of Frank
Smith and Bertha Lane, New Haven elopers
c. G. Crocker, manager of the Model din
ing rooms, Brockton, Mass, of which
Thomas Liddle is proprietor stepped out
with 1925.
1t is said that the requests from the Boston
postoitice in regard to foreign mails are to be
denied.
Captain Butler of steamer Philadelphia has
been suspended for 60 days for sharp practice
in navigating his vessel in Providence river.
A successful trial of hydro-carbon fuel for
locomotives on the Providence railroad.
Sewage has poisoned the water at the Co
nanicut Park Hotel in Rhode Island, and
caused an epidemic.
Alexander McKinnon, first baseman of the
Pittsburg base ball nine, died in Charlestown,
Mass, on Sunday, oath inst.
F. W. Vanderbilt's steam yacht Vedette
was slightly damaged by collision with
schooner Augusta in Newpotr harbor.
Three hundred Englishmen have met in
Boston, and very many of them signed
paper declaring their intention to become
American citizens.
A wild steer created considerable conster-
nation in South Boston and severely in
Jured two men.
At special meeting of the mayor and al
dermen of Concord, N H.. the committee
appointed several weeks since to investigate
certain charges against the city marshal and
police officers reported the officers are entitled
to all fees collected by them; but it discoun-
tenanced having them continue receiving
moieties of liquor fines.
The Warren powder mill, Thomaston, Me-,
was blown up recently. The kernelling mill,
in which were 80 kegs of powder, had started
up three minutes previous to the explosion
One workman was killed, being literally torn
into pieces. The same mill was blown up in
February last
The contract to build the new steamer Pu-
ritan, for the Old Colony Steamboat Com
pany, has been awarded to the W. A Fletch-
er Company of New York. The steamer will
cost $1,500,000 The hull will be built at
Roche's yards.
The Boston board of aldermen have granted
leave for street experiments with electric
motors for horse cars.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
THROUGH THE FLOOD IN BERKSHIRE
COUNTY, MASS.
Traffic Interrupteds Dams Washed
Away, Buildings Undermined and
Wrecked.
IN MASSACHUSETTS.

IN MASSACHUSETTS
A special from Great Darlington reports
IS lives lost by the food.
1t is reported that two dams gave way il
Williamsburg,
A special from Millers Falls says the heavy
rain did much damage, causing one land
slide and dozen wash0uts within two miles
of that place on the Fitchburg road. Two
passenger trains, and one freight with five
carloads of hogs, were stalled.
Five freight cars were ditched Just below
the freight house. The rear walls of the
Lake House settled badly, showing cracks
two inches wide, 1t is reported that the
bridge at the mouth Of Millers river is gone.
A part of the foundation of Hills grist mill
at Williamsburg was washed out.
A Greenfield dispatch says: Several bad
washouts occurred on the Fitchburg road at
Erving. One is 20 feet long and between 10
and IL feet deep.
A dispatch from Lake Pleasant says: This
has been the most severe storm ever known
in this vicinity, and the water in Lake Pleas
ant is two feet higher than ever before. The
wharf is badly damaged,
A dispatch from Great Darlington says.
The cloudburst of Friday morning caused
Green river to overflow, and Williams bridge
at Afford, 65 feet long and 10 feet above the
water, was carried away. The water rose
10 feet, The dam was damaged. At Berk-
shire Heights reservoir the water came over
the dam four feet deep, carrying away tim
Der bridges along the stage route to Afford;
also stone walls. The ball of gas, two feet in
diameter, which fell in the town lot with a
terrific explosion, dug a hole four feet in di-
ameter and six inches deep. Twenty-three
bridges are gone and many grist mills, dams
and factories. There are washouts in spots
so feet long and 10 feet deep. The lost bridges
were valued at from S25O0 to $4,000.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A Peterboro, N. H., dispatch saysi The
heavy rains have caused the Contoocook and
Nubunusit rivers to reach higher point than
ever known by rainfall alone. Intervales are
flooded and hay is floating, causing much
loss to farmers.
A Manchester N. H., dispatch says: The
severest storm for many years; cu1vert on
Hall street burst, resulting in the tearing up
of the street for several hundred feet, and the
overthrowing of the horse railroad track
All of the streets leading down Wilson Hill
are untitled for travel because of being badly
washed. The river is a foaming torrent and
high water will prevent some of the mills
from running.
A dispatch from Dover, N. H., says: The
total rainfall is estimated at about nine
inches which is unprecedented here. The
Cocheco river is a roaring torrent. The flush
boards were swept away and by actual
measurement the volume of water
rushing over the Cocheco dam was 81 in
ches. All low lands throughout the county
are badly inundated, and considerable Of the
hay crop is lost.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
TWO SAD DEATHS.
The Death of Medford Young Lady
Kills Her Mother.

Kills Her Mother.
In a tomb in Oak Grove cemetery, Medford
are laid away two members of one family,
mother and daughter. The cass is one of the
seddest that can be recalled. Coupled with
the grief of mourning, there is stated to have
been the physical distress attendant upon
abject want. Some months ago, when at his
work, the provider of the house, whose name
is Haskell, met with an accident, so that until
very recently he was unable to earn living
His wife had been an invalid II years, lat
terly having been tenderly nourished by her
only daughter, Annie, very pretty girl of
twenty years, intelligent and deserving
of better opportunities. Wednesday even
ing the girl was out doing errands
for her mother, and retired later in
her usual state of health. At 3 o'clock next
morning she got up to call her father, who
had to start for his place of employment very
early. She had first attended to this duty,
when she fell upon the floor unconscious. DR..
Matthews was at once summoned, but she
expired in less than an hour. The cause as
cribed for her death is congestion of the
brain. The effect of the shock upon Mrs,
Haskell was so great that she, too, died in a
few hours.
Miss Haskell was engaged to be married to
a young man of Maiden, who at the time of
her death was in camp at birmingham. He
was just going out on guard duty when he
received the sad news. The young man s
grief was pitiable, and he, as well as two
near relatives, with whom the girl was ia
vorite, were excused from duty. A small
sum of money was raised to pay the funeral
expenses and other necessities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
MORE SEIZURES.
The SeInes, BOATS and Crew of Two YES
sells Taken by n Canadian ruIser.

The ScInes, Boats amd Crew OF Two Ves-
sells Taken by n Canadian Cruiser.
Some excitement was created at Gloucester
when telegram was received stating that
the seines and boats, with all the crew of the
schooners Col. j. H. French and Argonaut
were seized off East Point p E. l., by the
dominion cutter Critic It appears that the
vessels boats were close in shore when the
ot 70 <i osSaI "io .ii9il seleS
escaped the cutter, but before the boats could
escape they were seized. There was only one
man left on board the vessel and it is thought
they will be seized before getting home, as
they will have to put in for assistance.
Secretary of State Bayard says that if the
vessels were fishing close in shore this govern
ment can do nothing in the matter, as the
Dominion have clearly the right to enforce
the three mile limit law
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, JULY 30, 1887.

To the mason's mallet used by Queen Vic
toris to lay the corner stone of the new ma
mortal to Prince Albert during the cere-
monial, historic interest attaches. With ID
King George ". laid the first stone of the
gateway between the York and Lancaster
towers at Windsor Castle on Aug. IL, 1S24.
Tx, Crown Princess of Germany used it in
laying the foundation stone of All Saints
Church, Windsor, on Nov. q, 1868, and it was
again called into requisiton when Prince
Christian laid the foundation stone of the
Albert Institute on March 2s, 1879
A dispatch from Nizbnee-Novgorod, Rus
sia, states that large naphtha spring store
house containing 1,000,0 pools of naphtha,
at Balachna, 20 miles northwest of Nizhnee-
Novgorod, has been consumed by fire. Seve-
raj structures were reached and devoured by
the flames. A Russian pood equals 3B pounds;
lOOO, 900 poods, therefore, is about 16, 600 tons
Of 2240 pounds
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
SCHEME TO TUNNEL CHICAGO,
Gigantic Hallway System Projected
Rapid Transit TO the Suburbs.

Gigantic Railway System Projected
Rapid Transit to the suburbs.
A dispatch from Springfield, ILL.,, says.
"Articles of incorporation have been filed by
the Metropolitan Railroad Company, capital
stock $9O,OO0,O0O, the principal office to be
located at Chicago"
Investigation shows that this is the initial
move of project to tunnel Chicago in the
interest of rapid transit. 1t is said that the
system was to be an underground railway
orrapid transit in the city and suburbs It's
lines might be operated by steam, compressed
air or electricity. 1t was designed to lay
tunnels 25 feet under the lines on the princi-
pal streets 1t would comprise four tunnels,
two each for trains moving in different direc-
tions, and approached by staircases from the
street corners at intervals of about half
mile. The tunnels are to be of brick and
masonry and lighted by electricity, and ven
tilated by powerful fans which viii force and
exhaust the air. The whole system is to be
similar in design to the underground railways
of London and Partisan would overcome all
the objections advanced against elevated
roads and fast surface motors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
PoWDERLY ON IMMIGRATION.
He Defines HIS Position In Reply {,
Newspaper Attacks.

He Defines HIS Position In Reply to
Newspaper Attacks.
Master Workman Powderly has written
another letter on the emigration question. In
a communication to the Scranton Truth, he
says: In regard to the statement recently
published, viz: That my plan contemplates
the exclusion of all foreigners except the few
who come provided with sufficient means to
sustain themselves for a year if necessary
without employment, | desire to state that |
never said that 1t is because so many of
them are without employment and crowd our
citizens that l do not want the emigrant to
come until he can be sure of employment
without robbing another of it. That is the
case in nutshell. / am gathering statistics
and data upon which to base plan of dealing
with this important question. Until that is
done and | announce it as my plan no one is
authorized to promulgate a plan for the
regulation of the immigration question
and label it the ''Powderly plan"
Craftsmanship of the highest order will be
required to handle this problem in the
near future, and the fullest light possible
should be shed upon it. Was it not I'M
American to vote to exclude the Chinese!
Why singleout the Hungarian? What does
it matter to the American workingman who
it is that takes his situation away from him
and does the work for less pay9 / would as
leave have q Hungarian take my situation as
an lrishman or an Englishman. The cost to
me would be the same in the end. But then
Hungarians and Chinese do not vote, and this
makes difference. Iwould shut out every
man and woman who would deprive an
American citizen native or naturalized) of
his employment 1t sounds very fine, and it
certainly is sentimental, to say that this
country is home for the oppressed, and that
it is un-American to talk of keeping people
away from our shores; but with q million
men and women out of employment, and the
number increasing with every move, it will
be soon unchristian as well as un-American
to invite people here to starYe them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
Way Behind.

They were talking about the progress
of the country and how it had gone
ahead in the last fifteen years, when the
man in the corner Observed:
81 can't quite agree with you. We
could have gone ahead much faster"
GLOW"
"Why, somebody might have dis
covered fifty years ago that no hops were
necessary to make lager beer, and that a
good fivccent cigar could be made of
cabbage-leaves. - Wall Street Neaos.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
Writing a Muscular Exercise.

An Albany physician has made
singular discovery. He says he has no.
ticed a failing in the muscular power OF
many business men, and on inquiry found
that they had been using typewriters OF
stenographers instead of writing their
own letters. This, strange as it may APP
pear, has deprived, the physician says,
business men of little very desirable
muscular exercise of the right arm, and
has to some extent affected their general
health. The observation of the physician
seems to have been very extraordinarily
acute -ALbanY JoNrnQt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29

-, switzerland has voted two to one IN nlace
the manufacture and sale Of spirituous li6r,ors
solely in the hands of the government nat.
ing 1T an exclusive government mononolv.
Inc iIl popular vote was 252, 900 in favor To
LIT, 1000 opposed. '"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
THE HEART.

The heart hath chambers twain
Wherein do dwell
Twin brothers, Joy and Pain.
When waketh Joy in one,
Still calmly
Pain slumbefs in his own.
Oh Joy, thy bliss restrain,
Speak softly,
Lest thou should'st waken Pain.
From the German.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-29
The Wild Waves Marble.

"What are the wild waves saying
Sister, the whole day longp
Come where the surf is spraying,
List TO their loud, gay song:
"As we splash,
Dash,
Crash,
Witha rumble,
A grumble
And roar,
We splutter,
And flutter,
And mutter,
There always isroom for one morern
Hotel Nail.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-07
TEMPERANCE.

Miss Amy Kellogg. President of
the Wisconsin Woman's Temperance
Union, addressed the Society of Chris
tian Endeavor on Sunday before even
ing service in the Congregational
church, and spoke ON temperance in
the Baptist church in the evening. On
Monday, at A o'clock P. NJ. the women
in favor of organizing woman's tenn
perance union met in the parlors OF
the Methodist church, and proceeded
to the formation of society, electing
temporary officers and adjourning one
week, when permanent officers will be
chosen and the organization of the So
ciety completed. On Monday eveaing
Miss Kellogg gave an address in the
Congregational church, which was
listened to by an attentive and appar-
emily deeply interested audience. Miss
kellogg. as an effective platform speak
er, probably has no superior by any
woman speaker in the state. She has
rare gift of language, and her SEN
fences, although uttered with rapidity,
are in good taste, and free from objec-
tionable words and phrases.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-07
A STIRRING CHURCH AFFAIR

President Cleveland, according to
the programme, is to spend next Sun
day in Madison. A public announce
ment is made in Madison that there
will be divine service in Grace Episco-
pal church; that the church will be
deliberately decorated with wreaths
and flowers, and that new memorial
window, costing 81 500, is expected to
be put in its proper place before sun
day. Admission into the church only
to those holding cards. A writer in
the Madison Journal, who signs him
self True Churchman," asks many
perplexing questions, as to the particu-
lar kind of favored people who are to
be complimented with admission cards
to enter the church. The rector of
Grace church replies TO the criticisms
as to the card admission to the church.
He cites the case of the Queen of Eng
land. on the occasion of her late jubi-
lee in Westminster Abbey; the admis-
sions were by card, and if any one had
attempted to gain admission without
card, he would have been repulsed, if
necessary, by armed soldiers. This case
of Queen Victoria's jubilee does not
satisfy all people in Madison; they fail
to see what the customs of royalty
have to do with an American official,
however much respected. The pre-
sumption that the President would at
tend the Episcopal church at Madison
was conjectured, because he was to be
the guest of the Villas family, in Madi-
son, who attend that church, and
would naturally invite the President
to that place of worship. Mr.. Cleve-
land, after entering on his office at
Washington, took pew in Rev. DR..
Presbyterian church, on
half street. The people of
this country need not sneer at Eu-
ropean worship of royalty: there is a
plenty of man worship at home.
The preparations for receiving the
President at Madison, the capital Of
the state, are most gorgeous kind. |
The front of the State capital building
will be covered with red. white and |
blue muslin; 5000 yards have been
purchased, and more is eeded.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-07
PLYMOUTH CHURCH,
BROOKLYN.

Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker, of the City
Temple church, London, preached last
Sunday, by appointment made several
months ago, in Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, N. Y, in the pulpit oecu-
pied forty years by Henry Ward
Beecher. The sermon has been printed
in the city papers, and is a production
worthy of the high standing of the
preacher, and will probably satisfy
most christian people. 1t is possible a
few hereto hunters, like those minis
tiers in Chicago who refused to vote
for sending message of coincidence to
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, on the an
nouncement of the death of her hus-
band, because of his unsoundness in
doctrine, may discover some traits
of heresy in DIR. Parker's sermon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-07
RACINE ITEMS.

Mr.. w. E. Freese, of the town of Nor
way, Racine county, who was so badly
mangled on the 22d ult. by getting
caught on rapidly revolving shaft in
his tile factory, died from the effects of
his injuries on the 9th ult.
Mr.. Thomas Fendrich died at Burlin0-
ton on the 9th ult., aged s. years, 9
months and % days. Deceased had
been resident of Burlington for TWEEN
ty-one years.
Mrs. Charles A. Blake died quite sud-
denly at Honey Creek, Racine county,
on the 25th ult.
Mr.. John Parker and Miss Lizzie
Puffer were married at the residence of
the brides parents in Mount Pleasant
on the 29th ult.
Mr.. Joseph Peil and Miss Lizzie Rober
were married on the 28th ult. at St.
Mary's church.
Mr.. Charles Gere and Miss Carrie
Duel were married at the residence of
the brides mother on the Goth ult., by
Rev. Mr.. Faville.